TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Opus One patrons | Patrons at the Opus One club, which featured live classical music and catered to gay men. |
1951 | |
Hobby Directory, December 1951 | The December 1951 issue of Hobby Directory.
Hobby Directory (1946-circa 1952) was a small publication in which male hobbyists could publish personal ads and meet friends who shared their interests. The magazine quickly acquired a large gay male readership, and gay men used their ads to connect with one another. The men's descriptions of their hobbies -- for example, ballet, interior decorating, or collecting photographs of weightlifters -- were designed to signal that they were gay, as well as genuinely describing themselves to romantic prospects.
Hobby Directory was a fairly mainstream publication which was sold in craft stores and advertised in the magazines Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. Its reasons for ceasing publication are unknown, but historians have suggested that it may have fallen victim to enforcement of the Comstock Laws, which forbade sending "obscene" materials through the mail. |
1951 | |
Hobby Directory, June 1951 | The June 1951 issue of Hobby Directory.
Hobby Directory (1946-circa 1952) was a small publication in which male hobbyists could publish personal ads and meet friends who shared their interests. The magazine quickly acquired a large gay male readership, and gay men used their ads to connect with one another. The men's descriptions of their hobbies -- for example, ballet, interior decorating, or collecting photographs of weightlifters -- were designed to signal that they were gay, as well as genuinely describing themselves to romantic prospects.
Hobby Directory was a fairly mainstream publication which was sold in craft stores and advertised in the magazines Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. Its reasons for ceasing publication are unknown, but historians have suggested that it may have fallen victim to enforcement of the Comstock Laws, which forbade sending "obscene" materials through the mail. |
1951 | |
Hobby Directory, March 1951 | The March 1951 issue of Hobby Directory.
Hobby Directory (1946-circa 1952) was a small publication in which male hobbyists could publish personal ads and meet friends who shared their interests. The magazine quickly acquired a large gay male readership, and gay men used their ads to connect with one another. The men's descriptions of their hobbies -- for example, ballet, interior decorating, or collecting photographs of weightlifters -- were designed to signal that they were gay, as well as genuinely describing themselves to romantic prospects.
Hobby Directory was a fairly mainstream publication which was sold in craft stores and advertised in the magazines Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. Its reasons for ceasing publication are unknown, but historians have suggested that it may have fallen victim to enforcement of the Comstock Laws, which forbade sending "obscene" materials through the mail. |
1951 | |
Hobby Directory, September 1951 | The September 1951 issue of Hobby Directory.
Hobby Directory (1946-circa 1952) was a small publication in which male hobbyists could publish personal ads and meet friends who shared their interests. The magazine quickly acquired a large gay male readership, and gay men used their ads to connect with one another. The men's descriptions of their hobbies -- for example, ballet, interior decorating, or collecting photographs of weightlifters -- were designed to signal that they were gay, as well as genuinely describing themselves to romantic prospects.
Hobby Directory was a fairly mainstream publication which was sold in craft stores and advertised in the magazines Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. Its reasons for ceasing publication are unknown, but historians have suggested that it may have fallen victim to enforcement of the Comstock Laws, which forbade sending "obscene" materials through the mail. |
1951 | |
Hobby Directory, September 1950 | The September 1950 issue of Hobby Directory.
Hobby Directory (1946-circa 1952) was a small publication in which male hobbyists could publish personal ads and meet friends who shared their interests. The magazine quickly acquired a large gay male readership, and gay men used their ads to connect with one another. The men's descriptions of their hobbies -- for example, ballet, interior decorating, or collecting photographs of weightlifters -- were designed to signal that they were gay, as well as genuinely describing themselves to romantic prospects.
Hobby Directory was a fairly mainstream publication which was sold in craft stores and advertised in the magazines Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. Its reasons for ceasing publication are unknown, but historians have suggested that it may have fallen victim to enforcement of the Comstock Laws, which forbade sending "obscene" materials through the mail. |
1951 | |
Cecilia Wambach interview | This interview was recorded as part of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club oral history project. The Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) is a club in the Rossmoor senior community in Walnut Creek, California. The club was founded in 2009 by Carol Morton and has a mission of "provid[ing] social activities for Rossmoor residents who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women." In 2021 and 2022, RLSC undertook an oral history project, creating a collection of 24 oral histories of RLSC members. |
2021-12-22 | |
Cecilia Wambach interview [part 1] | This interview was recorded as part of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club oral history project. The Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) is a club in the Rossmoor senior community in Walnut Creek, California. The club was founded in 2009 by Carol Morton and has a mission of "provid[ing] social activities for Rossmoor residents who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women." In 2021 and 2022, RLSC undertook an oral history project, creating a collection of 24 oral histories of RLSC members. |
2021-12-22 | |
Cecilia Wambach interview [part 2] | This interview was recorded as part of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club oral history project. The Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) is a club in the Rossmoor senior community in Walnut Creek, California. The club was founded in 2009 by Carol Morton and has a mission of "provid[ing] social activities for Rossmoor residents who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women." In 2021 and 2022, RLSC undertook an oral history project, creating a collection of 24 oral histories of RLSC members. |
2021-12-22 | |
Cecilia Wambach interview [part 3] | This interview was recorded as part of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club oral history project. The Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) is a club in the Rossmoor senior community in Walnut Creek, California. The club was founded in 2009 by Carol Morton and has a mission of "provid[ing] social activities for Rossmoor residents who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women." In 2021 and 2022, RLSC undertook an oral history project, creating a collection of 24 oral histories of RLSC members. |
2021-12-22 | |
Cecilia Wambach interview [part 4] | This interview was recorded as part of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club oral history project. The Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) is a club in the Rossmoor senior community in Walnut Creek, California. The club was founded in 2009 by Carol Morton and has a mission of "provid[ing] social activities for Rossmoor residents who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women." In 2021 and 2022, RLSC undertook an oral history project, creating a collection of 24 oral histories of RLSC members. |
2021-12-22 | |
Cecilia Wambach interview [part 5] | This interview was recorded as part of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club oral history project. The Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) is a club in the Rossmoor senior community in Walnut Creek, California. The club was founded in 2009 by Carol Morton and has a mission of "provid[ing] social activities for Rossmoor residents who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women." In 2021 and 2022, RLSC undertook an oral history project, creating a collection of 24 oral histories of RLSC members. |
2021-12-22 | |
Cecilia Wambach interview [part 6] | This interview was recorded as part of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club oral history project. The Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) is a club in the Rossmoor senior community in Walnut Creek, California. The club was founded in 2009 by Carol Morton and has a mission of "provid[ing] social activities for Rossmoor residents who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women." In 2021 and 2022, RLSC undertook an oral history project, creating a collection of 24 oral histories of RLSC members. |
2021-12-22 |